Teen’s plight prompts China education debate, protest

EDUCATION BATTLE:Critics of the household registration system say it leads to inequality in education and punishes migrant workers’ families

Reuters, SHANGHAI

“In an increasingly stratified and almost insanely competitive society, of which the rural-urban hukou system is one part. Zhan Haite’s case is ultimately, in my view, about uncertain and unpredictable Chinese futures,” he said.